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Selections (Musical sketches): MU.MS.263.p.51

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Selections (Musical sketches)
[Collection of musical sketches and drafts] / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

Description

Leaf of skteches and drafts for works composed in 1734.
Holograph manuscript in ink; the word "Bassons" added by J.C. Smith.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C30)
1.1.1 treble Rondeau G G-2 xF 3/8 8-{'BB}/{''GGG}/{F6FEFG}/{ExDEGFE}/{8xD'BB}/
2.1.1 treble Rondeau G G-2 xF 3/8 8-{'B''C}/{'B6''ExD8E}/C4'B/{8A6GFGA}/{8FB''C}
3.1.1 vl1 [Musette] Bb G-2 bBE 3/4 4''B/2A4G/2F4E/DEC/D'FB/2A4G/2F4E/
4.1.1 ob1 [Untitled movement] d G-2 bB c/ 8''F/4'A{8.B3AB}{8''C6'AB}{8''CD}/{C6'BA}{8B6AG}{8A6GA}{8F''C}/
5.1.1 ob [Sketch 6] F G-2 8''C/{'A''C'G''C''}{'A''C'B''C''}/{'A''C'G''C''}{'A''C'B''C''}/

Contents
[1. p. 51, lines 1-4] Rondeau : [treble and bass (not filled in) in G major, 17 bars uncompleted : probably a first version of the following] -- [2, p. 51 lines 3-9] Rondeau : [treble and bass (only partially filled in) in G major, 50 bars : draft for Ariodante, HWV 33 no. 38] -- [3. p. 52, lines 1-4 & 6] [Musette in B♭ major for string orchestra : 15 bars of vl1 (line 1) and clefs only for vl1, vla and b : used in Il pastor fido, HWV 8c, no. 23] -- [4, p. 52, lines 2-4, 5-6, 10] [Untitled movement in D minor for 2 "Hautb[oys]" and "Bassons" : 12 bars, incomplete] -- [5, p. 52, lines 7-8] [Sketch : 16 bars, treble, F major : possibly an insert for a violin part for an unidentified piece]

Measurements and weight

1 ms. (p. 51-52) ; 23 x 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: AD 1734 : [England],[1734?]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.263.p.51
Primary reference Number: 277019
ALMA control 001: 994667053803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 1 December 2020 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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